Garment-hanger.



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GARMENT HANGER.

(Application led July 3, 1901.)

(lo Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MARTIN Il. BUSIINELL AND BENJAMIN F. STARSKY, OF I-IAZELIIURST,PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPEGlFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,112, dated January28, 1902.

Application filed July 3. 1901. `Seria-I No. 67,025. (No model.)

device may be quickly reduced in length to` permit it to be compactlyfolded for packing in a small case for its convenient stowage ortransportation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described, and dened in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved hanger. Fig. .2 is a likeView of a hanger-block that is a detail of the invention. Fig. 3 is asimilar View of another detail, which is substantially the duplicate ofthe hangerblock shown in Fig. 2. Fig. i is a perspective view of aspring-clamp employed, which forms a longitudinal extension of one endof the hanger. Fig. 5 is a similar View of a spring-clamp which is theduplicate of the clamp shown in Fig. 4 and in service is an extension ofthe opposite end of the hanger. Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan view of oneof the spring-clamps employed, showing its clampingmembersin closedadjustmentby fulllines and in diverged condition by dotted lines; andFig. 7 is a top edge View of one of the clamping-blocks and ahanger-hook thereon, showing the hook in folded adjustment.

The substantially similar hangerblocks 10 11 each comprise apreferablywooden strip having iat parallel sides, a straight lower edge and aconvexed upper edge, said blocks having equal dimensions, so that theiredges will conform with each other, respectively,

when the blocks are arranged side by side, as shown in Fig. l. The innerside surfaces of the hanger-blocks 10 11 are preferably faced withslightly-yielding fabric a, which may be woolen cloth or any othersuitable material.

At and near each end of each hanger-block l0 l1 a groove b is formedlongitudinally in the exterior surface thereof. These grooves, that areopposite in pairs, may trend inwardly and upwardly from the respectiveends of the blocks, and at a suitable point a staple o is driven intothe block material transversely of each groove, as shown clearly in Fig.3, so that the staples will straddle the grooves and project theirlooped ends above them.

The duplicate spring-clamps 12, (shown applied for service in Fig. l andin detail in Figs. 4, 5, and 6,) each consist of a rod or wire ofresilient metal, bent to form a loop d at its longitudinal center, fromwhich extend the parallel members e e, which are bent at g, so as tocross them,'and thencel project as clamping-limbs h h. The resilience ofthe material adapts the clampinglimbs 7i to normally impinge upon eachother .at their free ends and permits said limbs to be diverged equallywhen manual compression is applied upon the spring members e, the degreeof divergence being defined by the rings e', placed Aon the bends gwhere they cross each other.

It will be seen that if a pair of trousers be properly folded and thebottoms of the trousers-legs are placed between the clampingblocks lO 11the latter may be clamped upon the trousers-legs by applying the clamps12 upon the opposite ends of the hanger-blocks.

To eect the application of the clamps 12, the operator holds the blocks10 11 clamped upon the garment with one hand and with the other handcompresses the members e of a clamp 12, so as to spread the limbs hapart. The limbs h are now slid into the groovesb at the ends of theblocks 10 11 beneath the staples o, and it will be secu that a releaseof IOO.

other clamp 12 is similar to that described, and when both clamps are inposition the improved hanger will be secured in place upon the garmentthat is to be suspended by the hanger.

The clamping-block 12 is notched in its upper edge at the longitudinalcenter, as shown at c' in Figs. 1, 3, and 7, and a staple m or ascrew-eye is inserted across the notch, so as to afford means forlooselysecuring the looped end n of a hanger-hook 14 on the block 11.

The body of the hanger-hook 14 is bent near the loop n, so as to extendsaid loop or eye laterally from the hook-body, and upon the free end ofsaid body a hook member'lllZL is formed, which is located in a plane ata right angle to the plane of the laterally-trending It will be seen inFig. 7 that the peculiar construction of the hanger-hook 14 permits thehook member 14Ea to be folded flat at one side of the clamping-block 11and. when raised to the position shown in Fig. 1 is arranged in the samevertical plane with the sides of the hanger-block upon which itisloosely secu red.

The device when the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. l is arched uponthe upper edge, so as to afford proper support fora vestor coat of a manor the jacket or coat of a woman,

and it Will be evident that the blocks 10 11 may be employed to supportaWomans dressskirt or the like by clamping the waistband of such garmentsbetween them, as before explained.

If it is desired to dismember the hanger for close packing of the same,this may be readily effected by simply pulling the clamps 12 end- Wisefrom the blocks lO 11, which will permit the four main portions of thehanger to be compactly stowed in a small package or box that may beprovided for such a purpose, the

hanger-hook 14: having been' folded flat, as shown in Fig. 7, toeconomize space.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A garment-hanger, comprising two flatclamping-blocks convexed on the upper edges, one of the blocks having acentral notch in its upper edge, a laterally-foldable hook held on astaple spanning said notch, a fibrous facing on the innerside of eachclamping-block, and two similar clamps each comprising a resilient metalrod bent centrally, providing two side members extended from the loop orband, said members being crossed and thence extended as clamping-limbs,that are adapted to engage the sides of the clamping-blocks that havebeen lapped, and hold said blocks clamped together.

2. A garment-hanger, comprising two `flat blocks, each block having alongitudinal groove on the outer side near each end, a staple crossingeach groove, a foldable hook on the upper edge of one clampingblock, aibrous facing on the inner side of each clamping-block, and twosimilarresilient clamps, each clamp having paired limbs that are adapted toslide into the grooves of the clamping-blocks when said blocks arelapped together, said limbs passing beneath the staples and compressingthe blocks together at each end thereof.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN H. BUSHNELL. BENJAMIN F. STARSKY.

Witnesses:

BURDETTE BAYLE, TOM M. MCCLELLAN.

